| 单词 | wife of the house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswife of the house 2. The female head of a household; (also) the landlady of an inn. Now chiefly in wife of the house (in later use more likely to be understood as sense 4). Cf. goodwife n., housewife n.In quot. OE in the context of distinguishing a housewife's legal responsibilities from her husband's.In quot. c1425: a woman in respect of her ability to manage a household. Cf. husband n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper tappera1000 tapsterc1000 wifeOE taverner1340 gannekerc1380 tippler1396 alewifec1400 vintnerc1430 alehouse-keeperc1440 ale-taker1454 innholder1463 cellarman1547 ale draper?1593 pint pot1598 ale-man1600 nick-pot1602 tavern-keeper1611 beer-monger1622 kaniker1630 ordinary keeper1644 padrone1670 tap-lash?1680 ale-dame1694 public house keeper1704 bar-keeper1712 publican1728 tavern-man1755 Boniface1795 knight of the spigot1821 licensed victualler1824 thermopolite1832 bar-keep1846 saloon-keeper1849 posadero1851 Wirt1858 bung1860 changer1876 patron1878 bar-tender1883 soda-jerker1883 bar steward1888 pub-keeper1913 society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > innkeeping > innkeeper or hotelier wifeOE hostc1290 hostessc1290 hosteler1350 innkeeperc1449 innholder1463 wardin1493 hosterc1503 hostler?a1505 landlady1654 landlord1724 hoteliera1738 aubergiste1766 roadsider1826 khanji1839 motelier1959 OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) ii. lxxvi. §1. 362 Butan hit [sc. forstolen þingc] under þæs wifes cæglocan gebroht wære, si heo clæne, ac þære cægean heo sceal weardian. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 1585 Þe lauerd..Fareþ ut on þare beire nede An is þat gode wif un bliþe For hire lauerdes houd siþe. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1015 A preest..Which was so plesaunt and so seruysable Vn-to the wyf where as he was at table That she wolde suffre hym no thyng for to paye. c1425 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Huntington) (1948) l. 200 Be þou wise wif of þin owen. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xvii. 17 The sonne of the wife of ye house was sicke. 1560 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 238 The wyff of the Bell in Gracyous-strett. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 48v The olde husbandes..vsed..to iudge, that where they founde the Garden out of order, the wyfe of the house..was no good huswyfe. 1620 Hist. Frier Rush sig. B4v He called the wife of the house and said: Mistresse, I pray you fill a pottle of wine. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike xxvi. 281 The wife of the Inn laid that woman on a table, with her face placed downwards. 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. i. i. 7 Near to him was sitting the Wife of the House, with a little Child upon her Knee. 1763 ‘T. Insulanus’ Treat. Second Sight sig. K2v The wife of the house, her daughter and servant, are still in life. 1811 F. Fernandez First Dict. Eng. & Spanish Patrona, the wife of the house. 1892 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 8 June The neighbors were gathered and stood around the wife of the house, who was insensible as from some great calamity. 1942 B. Hutchison Unknown Country xiv. 285 The wife of the house wore her hair in the latest fashion, with a snood to support the curls. 1992 R. M. Karras in G. Pálsson From Sagas to Society xvii. 297 The implication is clear that women servants would be considered legitimate prey sexually, and that no one would object to it very much (as they certainly would in the case of the rape of the wife of the house). 2011 A. Patterson in G. Moore Mummer's Wife Pref. 5 We come to know the reading matter of the wife of the household, and its effect upon her expectations of life. < as lemmas |
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